Training Camp Hopeful #3: Jordan Eberle

Despite what some will say, the Oilers don't often fast track their draft picks. In this decade, only Ales Hemsky (at age 19) and Sam Gagner (straight out of the draft) made the team before graduation day. The two elevations are positively minor compared to the mid-90's when players like Boyd Devereaux, Jason Bonsignore and Steve Kelly (along with Ryan Smyth) were fast tracked by the team's management. In fact, a simple way to look at the Oilers and fast tracking is this: if they're lottery picks Edmonton finds a spot on the roster for them. The only exception to that rule was Hemsky.There are some signs this summer that a "perfect storm" may be forming with regard to young Jordan Eberle. The kid is a shooter, something the team needs badly. He's as famous in his own way as Gagner or Hemsky were when they made the grade, and he is at least somewhat known to the team's new head coach.Plus, the Edmonton Oilers always like to have a story in training c...